The herbal product named “Kruidenfar Kamomint” was developed by Asst. Prof. Ayşe Esra KARADAĞ, from the School of Pharmacy of Istanbul Medipol University, has cell regenerating and repairing function. The product can also be used in the mouth and applied to the skin.
Asst. Prof. Ayşe Esra KARADAĞ, from the School of Pharmacy of Istanbul Medipol University, has developed a herbal product named “Kruidenfar Kamomint”. Being standardised, the product also contains different plant extracts; Karadağ said it would be helpful due to its cell-regenerating properties in the throat and mouth. About the product, which is used to repair the skin in skin irritations, Karadağ said: “This product, which emerged as a TÜBİTAK project output; since it does not contain any preservatives, colourants, sweeteners and alcohol, it can be safely used both in the mouth and on the skin for ages two and above. All biological activity studies of the product, which is very simple and clean in terms of content, were conducted, and toxicity tests were completed. It has not been released to the market with a drug licence in the known sense, but we can call it a herbal cosmeceutical product.”
“TÜRKİYE HAS A RICH FLORA”
Having worked at Istanbul Medipol University for ten years, Karadağ says, ‘’Türkiye has such a rich and fertile flora to develop herbal products’’. Noting that she continues to work to increase the quality and standard herbal products in Türkiye, Karadağ said: “For years, I have been examining the ‘standard herbal products’ that exist, especially in Germany, at every opportunity. Sometimes, I take samples and work on them. My goal and dream is to see high-quality, standard herbal products in the Turkish market. We started working for this purpose and have built our mission in this direction. In Germany, a significant part of the raw materials for herbal products comes from Türkiye. Our country is prosperous and fertile in terms of flora. I established my company within Teknopark to evaluate this with a scientific output. The product we have developed has not been released to the market with a ‘drug licence’ as it is known, but we can call it a herbal phytotherapeutic product.’’